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Flaring Work

Cut the pipes and the cable.

1. Use the piping kit accessory or the pipes purchased
locally.
2. Measure the distance between the indoor and the out-
door unit.
3. Cut the pipes a little longer than measured distance.
4. Cut the cable 1.5m(59.1in) longer than the pipe length.

Burrs removal

1. Completely remove all burrs from the cut cross section
of pipe/tube.
2. Put the end of the copper tube/pipe in a downward
direction as you remove burrs in order to avoid drop-
ping burrs into the tubing.

Putting nut on

• Remove flare nuts attached to indoor and outdoor unit,
then put them on pipe/tube having completed burr
removal.
(not possible to put them on after flaring work)

Flaring work

• Carry out flaring work using flaring tool as shown below.
Main cause for gas leakage is due to defect in flaring work. Carry out correct flaring work in the follow-
ing procedure.
mm inch mm inch
Ø6.35 1/4 0~0.5 0~0.020
Ø9.52 3/8 0~0.5 0~0.020
Ø12.7 1/2 0~0.5 0~0.020
Ø15.88 5/8 0~1.0 0~0.039
Outside diameter A
Bar
Copper pipe
Clamp handle Red arrow mark
Cone
Yoke
Handle
Bar
"A"
Pipe
Reamer
Point down
Copper
pipe
90°Slanted Uneven Rough
Firmly hold copper pipe in a die in the dimen-
sion shown in the table above.
Flare nut
Copper tube
Installation